Pixie Dust, all day

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Isabel had a stack of magazines, a giant mocha, and a muffin. Life was good.

Pixie Dust was open.

[ooc: Living on the wild side, no OCD today.]

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Andrew walked in and made a beeline for the shorts.

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Isabel looked up, shaking her head when she realized who it was. "You don't call, you don't write, now you don't even say hello?"

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"I'm sorry, things have been real busy," he said with mock cheerfulness. He turned around to face Isabel, forced smile in place, but his eyes were red and puffy and the corners of his lips were quivering. It was a facade that was about to very rapidly come undone.

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Teasing was forgotten as Isabel immediately stepped out from behind the counter. "Andrew what's wrong? What happened?"

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Andrew's arms flopped down at his sides and he looked towards the ceiling, tapping his foot in an attempt to keep it together. "Um, I, um..." His voice was higher than usual, and he kept sniffling. "I think maybe..." He didn't know what to say, how to word it. Was it a breakup? A break? A huge mistake?

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Isabel reached out to pat his shoulder, a move that could very easily turn into a hug if Andrew wanted it. "Think what? Something with Liir?"

[RL is nibbling at me. Slowish for a while.]

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Andrew did indeed move in for the hug, doing his best not to simply collapse into his big sister. "We had a fight," he said. "I was g-gone and then I came back, but I-I had to leave, and..." It was about the best explanation he could give at the moment.

[SP is love.]

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"And he didn't understand that?" she asked, rubbing his back gently.

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Andrew shrugged. "...should have found him," he quietly, "but no, Andrew had to leave a note." He had obviously been berating himself for this for a while.

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Isabel sighed. "Oh. He felt hurt by that?"

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"Well he's right," Andrew murmured. "I'm a bad boyfriend -- was a bad boyfriend." He wasn't sure what he was now, and he still couldn't logically interpret why things had unfolded the way they did.

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"It doesn't mean it's over," she told him. "I've, well, not left notes, it's usually been a voicemail, but I've done that. Left a message then bolted, when I should have gone looking for whoever it was. They were mad. But we worked through it. Why can't you guys do the same?"

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Andrew shook his head, wishing it could be that simple. "It's... we, ah, we..." He bit his lip and shook his head some more.

"It was a bad fight," he finally said softly. "Short, but... scary. And I don't know what I should do now."

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"Then give him some time," Isabel suggested. "And talk when you're both calmer."

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He nodded slightly, not exactly in agreement, more to placate his big sis. They would talk again, sure, but Andrew had doubts that it would be calm.

"I've been sleeping on the floor next to John," he said. "Liir and I are assigned to the same cabin." A cabin in which Andrew had spent less than twenty minutes.

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She frowned, not happy to hear that. "Andrew you can't spend the next however many weeks we're in the cabins sleeping on the floor. And no matter how mad he is, I don't think Liir would want you to do that either."

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Andrew just shrugged. He could worry about that later. It wasn't like he was getting much sleep anyway, more so just lying there, feeling guilty and conflicted.

"I'll be fine," he said, hoping she would just drop it.

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"I'm sure you will," Isabel said, humoring him. "It doesn't mean I won't worry."

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"I should probably get going," Andrew said, looking towards the door. "I need to, um, need to go read something for class."

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"Are you sure? You're welcome to hang out here," she offered. "I've been mocking the couture fashions in Vogue. It's entertaining if you're up for it."

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Andrew managed a small smile. "I think I'll take a rain check," he said.

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"If that's what you want," Isabel said softly. "But if you need me, I'm here."

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"Thank you," he said as he moved in for one last hug.

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She returned tightly. "It's going to be okay. I know it doesn't seem like it now. But it will."

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He hoped she was right. "Okay, off to, you know, read. Get my mind off things." He started for the door, knowing that he wouldn't be touching a book today.

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It wouldn't work. But Isabel wasn't going to tell him that. "You do that," Isabel told him, watching as he moved towards the door.